Houillion v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Colorado. Tried below before the Hon. E. Lewis. Early on February 25, 1876, Matheus Malsch came to a sudden and violent death while traveling the publib road from Frelsburg, in Colorado County, to Columbus, the county seat. His body exhibited three stabs in the breast, one gunshot wound in the hip, and another in the back of the head. According to the medical testimony, either of the three stabs was mortal.
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Appeal from the District Court of Colorado. Tried below before the Hon. E. Lewis. Early on February 25, 1876, Matheus Malsch came to a sudden and violent death while traveling the publib road from Frelsburg, in Colorado County, to Columbus, the county seat. His body exhibited three stabs in the breast, one gunshot wound in the hip, and another in the back of the head. According to the medical testimony, either of the three stabs was mortal. Two witnesses, named Craig, lived some 200 yards from the scene of the homicide, and, a few minutes previous to its commission, saw Emile Houillion ride…
1Opinion of the CourtEctor, P. J.
The defendant was indicted, in the District Court of Colorado County, for the murder of Matheus Malsch on February 25, 1876. The case was continued once by the defendant. His second application for a continuance was overruled. Defendant then filed a motion for a change of venue, which was also overruled. On the trial of the cause the jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree. The court overruled defendant’s motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment.
The first error assigned is that “ the court erred in its rulings as shown by the bill of exceptions filed.” The…
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